Multiple sentences

Exercise:

Analyse the following sentence with reference to main clauses and different types of finite and non-finite subordinace clauses:

( Dušková: Syntax současné angličtiny, pp. 76 – 78)

Dimly I wondered if I had met him under some other circumstances whether I would have liked him.

A S V Od (function: nominal yes/no interrogative) Adverbial clause (funct: AC of condition) S V Od S V Od A

When you have been in the banking business for as long as I have you will learn that money has a powerful effect on human behaviour.

A (funct:adverbial cl. of time) S V Od (funct: nominal that clause) S V A A (funct: AC of time) S V Od Oprep S V

When the telephone rang I went out on to the landing to tell whoever answered the call that I could not speak on the telephone at that moment.

A (funct: AC of time) S V A A (funct: non-finite infinitive of purpose) S V V Oi (f: finite – nominal relative) Od (funct: Finite – nominal that) S V Od S V A A

That an agreement worked out more than a hundred years ago does not necessarily meet all the needs of the space age is not surprising.

“That an…. space age” = S (funct: nominal that) is not”- V “surprising”- C S PM (funct: NF c./participle) “does not meet”- V “necessarily”- A “all the needs of the space age” Od V “more than a hundred years ago”-A

We are severe judges if we reproach the Fathers for not forseeing all that we are going to do in and to the country.

S V C A (Finite cl./funct: AC of condition) S V Od A (Non-finite cl./funct: gerund) V “all” - Od “that we…”PM (Finite cl./ funct: defining relative cl.) S V A

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven’t a chance of getting.

S V C (Non-finite cl./funct: infinitive) → complement because it follows verb “to be” V Oi Od (Non-finite cl./funct: infinitive) V Od PM (Finite cl./funct: defining relative cl.) S V Oi Od (Finite cl./funct: nominal that) – “that” is omitted S V Od PM (Non-finite cl./funct: gerund) V